bigted Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Celebrities Support T.I.'s 'ATL' ; T.I., Director Chris Robinson Speak By Dawn Danz Date: 3/28/2006 5:45 pm Last night (March 27), a number of tastemakers, artists and label executives gathered at The Bombay Sapphire Lounge at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City for the red carpet premiere of T.I.'s debut film ATL. The Chris Robinson-directed film tells the story of four teenage friends growing up on Atlanta's south side while going through various trials and tribulations. "To me the film is about dreams and that anything is possible," Chris Robinson told AllHipHop.com. "You can stray from your path or you can not want to know what you gonna do but as long as you stay focused anything is possible." "It was a great script. The script came to me--- it had a lot of heart and soul in it," Robinson continued. "It just crushed me in that way where I felt like I went through this experience and I wanted to make people feel something. I wanted to tell a story and create characters that really touched people." The film also shows the versatility and growth that the self-proclaimed King of the South has experienced. Warner Music Group president, Kevin Liles told AllHipHop.com, "The movie did a good job of representing the T.I. brand and Grand Hustle brand. Chris Robinson is one of the greatest directors out there and I wish him the best of luck." Queen Latifah, Usher, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, DJ Drama, T.I.'s group the P$C, Avery Storm, Tisha Campbell and Duane Martin were among the attendees at the premiere. "I appreciate all of the love and support; I appreciate the warm welcome into the film industry. I appreciate the opportunity to be involved with such a film of this magnitude," T.I. told AllHipHop.com. "This really helps my movement and if anybody follows my career they know how important it is for me to lead than to follow. Warner Bros., Chris Robinson and the cast made this possible for me and I really appreciate it. I done did everything, now I just got to sit back and let it go." ATL hits theaters nationwide on Friday (March 31). In related news, T.I. released his fourth solo effort, King, today. The album features cameos by Young Jeezy, Jamie Foxx, UGK, BG, Young Dro and more, as well as production from Just Blaze, DJ Toomp, Neptunes and others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Da Fresh Prince Posted March 29, 2006 Members Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 cool! good 4 him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3cookies Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Sounds like its gonna be good... and good 4 him... :2thumbs: He's definately proud of this moment, thas 4 sho. haha. peace, cookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDawg14 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 For those who didn't know, Will, along with his partner James Lassiter and their production company Overbrook, served as executive producer of "ATL". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3cookies Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 (edited) yea, I remember reading that on the board about 10 times. haha.. thx 4 the info... :2thumbs: peace, cookie Edited March 30, 2006 by 3cookies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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